The Masterpiece of the Absolute Bartizan (Isaiah 62:6-10) 8/27/2023
Answer 25 of the 1st 2nd 3rd RUTC:
The Masterpiece of the Absolute Bartizan (Isaiah 62:6-10) 8/27/2023
No matter how much this world is covered in darkness, it does not matter if we can enjoy the power and the blessing of the light that God has given us.
We must now possess a system by which we can enjoy and shine this light. We call that a bartizan. An ordinary bartizan won’t do. It must be a bartizan that never falls, and an absolute bartizan that God had no choice but to use. The Israelites who were chosen first crumbled because they did not have this bartizan. How can the temples crumble down, and the people of God become captives? This becomes a mirror for us.
If the absolute bartizan is established within us, our church, and in our fields, God will send watchmen that will protect His people and fight against the enemy (verse 6). God will not rest until he establishes His people (Jerusalem) and makes them the praise of the earth (verse 7). From here, the gospel bartizan, prayer bartizan, evangelism and missions bartizan, and the posterity bartizan that will save the future generations will come.
What kind of things does it say will happen? The enemy will no longer take away from us (verse 8) and all our toil will become blessings, and we will praise the Lord in the courts of His sanctuary (verse 9). This is God’s conclusion. When we can get to this point, that bartizan becomes the absolute masterpiece.
- The original life was God’s absolute masterpiece that had no choice but to be used this way.
1) The absolute life was created within the absolute plan of our Triune God (Genesis 1:26). There was God’s absolute image within life (Genesis 1:27). Within that image, there was spirituality, character, and creativity. God had given the authority and power to conquer and govern over all creation (Genesis 1:28). However, mankind was deceived by the devil and committed disobedience and unbelief, which resulted in losing everything (Romans 1:22-23, Ephesians 2:1-3).
2) The blessing of salvation is what restores this original life. God had sent His son as the Christ. In Christ, our souls were reborn (John 3:5). That is when we were reborn as the masterpiece of recreation (2 Corinthians 5:17). We were freed from all sin, curses, death, destiny, and the background of all authority of darkness. We became children of God, and the children of light. God will recreate even our scars, pain, and failure into a masterpiece (Isaiah 43:18-19, Romans 8:29). Until our lives become complete as God’s masterpiece, He will never give up His work (Philippians 1:6). God said in the end, once the chosen ones all have received salvation, He will also recreate this world (Matthew 24:14, Revelation 21:4-5).
- Now, we must raise up the absolute system (absolute bartizan) by which God will have no choice but to work. What are the similarities and differences between a lighthouse and a bartizan? The similarity is that they both are needed as darkness deepens. A lighthouse shines a light to guide the path. A bartizan is a war terminology. It is a system that sees the enemy first and has victory in the fight against them. Both are very important, but a bartizan is absolutely necessary in an age where the darkness is running deep (3 ages).
1) The fundamentals and foundation of a bartizan is only Christ (Matthew 16:16-18). Only Christ freed us (True Priest), only Christ destroyed the authority of darkness (True King), and only Christ became the way to be with us eternally (True Prophet). He is with us now as the living Son of God, at the throne as well as within us. What was the promised given to Peter when he realized this fact and confessed it? He called Peter the “rock”.
2) Our lives and our church built on this rock, and the bartizan raised in our fields will become three masterpieces.
① “On this rock, I will build my church.” God will send his people and allow evangelism to take place. The church will become a platform masterpiece where all people of all nations will gather.
② “Gates of Hades will not overcome it.” In the end times, it does not matter if Satan bring all kinds of curses, disasters, pain, or persecution. A church and a believer that knows the authority and power of light within Christ will have victory. They will become the masterpiece of a watchtower.
③ “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven.” Whatever we bind on earth will be bound in heaven; whatever we loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. When we enjoy the blessing of the heavenly throne, it will come upon all things related to us. This is the masterpiece of a spiritual antenna.
- There are some things we must do to enjoy the blessing of this bartizan. We call them the 3 camps (verse 10). It means that we must enjoy the light within us, and concentrate so that the light comes upon all we do (studies, work, ministry).
1) Future camp. Pass through the gates and prepare the highway.
① God needs to do new works in our lives, but we are constantly caught up in our past. We must look toward the future that God has prepared. Joseph who was sold as a slave, David, who was chased down by King Saul possessed by darkness, and Daniel, who was dragged away as a captive, resolved their hearts.
② That is the CVDIP. Hold fast onto the covenant that God gave (C), look upon the future that God prepared (V). God’s dream will become your dream (D), and you can picture the work that God will do within your prayers (I). Then, you can challenge in faith (P). We are not living our own lives. We are walking the covenant journey that God has prepared for us (7 journeys).
2) Prayer camp. We must remove the stones.
① Satan continues to bring stones(obstacles, hindrances) before us and our church. That can be through our environment, through events, interpersonal relationships, financial difficulties, or physical illnesses.
② The only way to remove those stones is prayer (Mark 9:23, Mark 9:29, John 16:24). Interpret everything through prayer (By Prayer), start with prayer (With Prayer), and enjoy the blessing of prayer all throughout your life (Of Prayer). Our life is a time for prayer camp. And our prayers will move the heavenly throne (3,9,3 prayer).
③ 24 prayer allows us to make the 5 deep things become our lifestyle. We must have the Word that we are holding onto (deep concentration). We must restore our faith (deep prayer). We must grow the strength to concentrate (deep breathing). Our bodies must have energy (deep food). We must cultivate a rhythm and balance for our bodies (deep exercise).
3) Talent camp. This is the reason we are told to raise the banner for all nations.
① There are specific abilities (something we are born with), gifts (things given to us from above to serve with), and talents (specialties). The things we like to do or are good at don’t all become our specialties. When God blesses it, it becomes uniqueness and absoluteness.
② We must have the absolute reason for God to bless us that way. That reason is to save all nations. This is why that one multiethnic individual around us is important, short-term missions is important, and commissioning and support for missionaries is important. Remnants must begin thinking about what would be important to study in these end times for the sake of evangelism and missions.
Conclusion – the absolute bartizan is established on the rock of only Christ. Hold onto this covenant and continue the three camps. We believe that God will continue His work of making our lives into the absolute bartizan and masterpiece that will shine the light of Christ in this world of darkness.